Earlier today at Philips Arena the Hawks introduced their two newest members
as Al Horford and Acie Law joined Hawks GM Billy Knight at the podium to meet
the press.
Both guys said all the things you'd expect them to say: they are excited to
be here, they are looking forward to the opportunity to play in Atlanta, etc. I
don't mean that as a bad thing; I found both guys to be thoughtful and
articulate, they just didn't really provide any head-turning commentary or start
any controversy.
To me, the highlight of the whole event was watching Horford's little brother
Christian (right) run around after the press conference was over, zeroing
in on various TV station microphones and trying on his big brother's new jersey.
He may only be a couple years old, but I'd say he has tremendous upside.
Anyway, if you'd like to feast your eyes on the entirety of the presser, we
have video of it.
In addition, I caught up to both Horford and Law for a couple minutes
afterwards. I wanted to ask Al about
his decision to
return for his junior year, and I got to ask Acie about
the knock on his
abilities as a point guard.
So both new draft picks are now officially Hawks (relatively speaking, they
can't sign contracts until July 11th), and now will go about getting themselves
adjusted to life in Atlanta as they get ready for Summer League workouts which
get underway next week.
Welcome to the ATL, guys.